>All of these languages follow the same block syntax style designed for quite dumb one-pass compilers. Recursive descent single pass compilers are an elegant a

>All of these languages follow the same block syntax style designed for quite dumb one-pass compilers. Recursive descent single pass compilers are an elegant and damned fast tools. I've always had compiles that just happen in a blink. As I pick up more C projects, I know it's going to suck waiting for compiles.